python 2.5, opensolaris and SunPro

[Carl Brewer <carl%bl.echidna.id.au@localhost>]

I'm trying to get python2.5 (or 2.4, or 2.6!) to build on an opensolaris 
box using SunPro CC, and have a few general questions about environment 
variables etc.

I have :


CC=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc
CXX=cc
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin


my mk.conf contains :

# more /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf
# Example /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf file produced by bootstrap-pkgsrc
# Mon Dec 15 14:25:06 EST 2008

.ifdef BSD_PKG_MK       # begin pkgsrc settings

PKGSRC_COMPILER=        sunpro
CC=                     /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc

PKG_DBDIR=              /usr/pkg/.db
LOCALBASE=              /usr/pkg
VARBASE=                /usr/pkg/var
PKG_TOOLS_BIN=          /usr/pkg/sbin
PKGMANDIR=              man

TOOLS_PLATFORM.install?=        /usr/pkg/bin/install-sh
TOOLS_PLATFORM.sh?=             /usr/pkg/bin/pdksh
TOOLS_PLATFORM.ksh?=            /usr/pkg/bin/pdksh
TOOLS_PLATFORM.awk?=            /usr/pkg/bin/nawk
TOOLS_PLATFORM.sed?=            /usr/pkg/bin/nbsed
TOOLS_PLATFORM.pax?=            /usr/pkg/bin/${NBPAX_PROGRAM_PREFIX}pax
TOOLS_PLATFORM.tar?=            /usr/pkg/bin/${NBPAX_PROGRAM_PREFIX}tar

.endif                  # end pkgsrc settings



Can anyone suggest if that's right or not?  Most things seem to build 
ok, but there's a problem with python that shows up when building libffi 
which seems to be a python/gcc dependancy.  I'd much prefer to not use 
GCC on this box if possible just to get mailman and a few other python 
apps working.

Out of curiosity, am I walking down a dead end path with pkgsrc and 
SunPro CC on OpenSolaris?  Roughly how many people use it?